More than 50 winners of a prominent global environmental prize have called on the U.N. human rights council (UNHRC) to reject Vietnam's effort to join it, citing a crackdown on climate activists in the Southeast Asian nation.
In a letter published on Wednesday, 52 winners of the Goldman Environmental Prize flagged concerns over a two-year jail sentence handed to one of Vietnam's best-known environmental advocates, Nguy Thi Khanh.
"What's happening in Vietnam is just the tip of the iceberg," said the letter, signed by winners of the prize from 41 countries.
